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    <center>Scilab function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : January 1998</div>
    <p>
      <b>pvm_get_timer</b> -  Gets the  system's notion  of  the current time.  </p>
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        <tt>[time] = pvm_get_timer()  </tt>
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          <b>time</b>
        </tt>: scalar</li>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
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      <tt>
        <b>pvm_get_timer</b>
      </tt> returns the  time elapsed since the last call of
    <tt>
        <b>pvm_get_timer</b>
      </tt> or the last call of
    <tt>
        <b>pvm_set_timer</b>
      </tt>.  The  time   is
    expressed in elapsed microseconds.  The resolution of the system clock
    is  hardware  dependent; the  time may  be  updated continuously or in
    clock ticks.</p>
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    The returned value <tt>
        <b>time</b>
      </tt>will be &gt;= 0 if 
    the call is successful and will be 
    will be -1 if some error occurs.</p>
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B = rand(100,100);
A = rand(100,100);
pvm_set_timer();C=A*B;t=pvm_get_timer()
 
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      <font color="blue">See Also</font>
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      <a href="pvm_set_timer.htm">
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          <b>pvm_set_timer</b>
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      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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